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We’re so excited to get started with this project and this blog! Posts will be published as we visit each neighborhood; we preemptively apologize for delays. If you have any location suggestions, or would like to be part of this process, let us know! Please follow along here, on Instagram @90conesproject, and on Facebook at…
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This is a hard post to write. Sunday, May 17 was the final day of business for La Scola’s Italian Ice and Custard, a dessert destination so dear to us that we had once planned to make it our 90th celebratory cone. As we live very near to Highland Park, La Scola’s has long been…
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November 15, 2025 Here’s our final 90 Cones visit from 2025! (Yes, we know it’s April.) We spent a lovely November afternoon in Spring Garden, a neighborhood we were very unfamiliar with. We headed to Marshall’s, a convenience store and gas station. Google Reviews and signage suggest that Marshall’s has good Reubens, but we did…
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March 31, 2025 Point Breeze North is a small neighborhood, covering only a few blocks; however, in that small space the neighborhood holds a rich history. During the gilded age, Point Breeze North was home to George Westinghouse and H.J. Heinz, two notable business men, among other rich residents. Westinghouse’s home, named Solitude, was home…
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March 15, 2026 Brighton Heights was a milestone stop for this blog: our first media attention and our first 90 Cones fans in the wild! We met up with a journalist from the CAPA Chronicle (watch for an article coming soon!) at the California Coffee Bar in Brighton Heights for an interview and some milkshakes.…
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January 21-25, 2026 While Pittsburgh anticipated 12 inches of snow, we made our escape to Anaheim for a warm, fun-filled vacation during the kids’ semester break. Because we might be a little insane, we fit about 70 rides into three park days at Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure. Favorites included Space Mountain, Guardians of the…
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January 19, 2026 For our first 90 Cones trip of 2026 we headed to Squirrel Hill South for a drive around the neighborhood. Despite chilly temperatures in the 20s we braved the weather to grab some ice cream at Coldstone Creamery. Squirrel Hill South is in some ways the birth place of 90 Cones as…
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October 3, 2025 Since Edmund’s school, Pittsburgh Science & Technology Academy, is located in North Oakland, the neighborhood made a perfect after school trip. Pippa took the bus over, and the two of us stopped by Schenley Scoops for a sweet treat. Edmund had a Coke float and Pippa enjoyed a cone of delicious strawberry…
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November 22, 2025 We made an evening visit to the neighborhood of Banksville. Liddy was invited to speak at an interfaith thanksgiving dinner at the Turkish Cultural Center on Crane Avenue; our friends there shared their delicious baklava and lots of warm feelings. Before the event we stopped in at the local Eat’n Park to…
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November 8, 2025 After a babysitting job in nearby Swissvale, Pippa and Liddy headed to Park Pizza and Cream for some fall-flavored cones. Pippa had Pumpkin Pie and Liddy had Granny Smith Caramel Apple. The weather was surprisingly nice for so late in the year, so we took a long walk through the neighborhood and…
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October 4, 2025 A neighborhood close to home made for a lovely walking excursion. We walked over to Bakery Square to run a few errands, including getting some new shoes at Fleet Feet. Bakery Square, now a development that include shopping, offices, and apartments, was originally home to a Nabisco factory from 1918 to 1998.…